William Hardie (archbishop of the West Indies)

The Most Rev William George Hardie, CBE (1878 – 21 February 1950) was a long serving Anglican Bishop of Jamaica from 1931 until 1949; and for the last four of that time Archbishop of the West Indies.

He was born in 1878 and educated at Giggleswick School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge and ordained in 1902. His first posts were curacies at Holy Trinity Church, Cambridge and then Christ Church, Greenwich. Later he held incumbencies at Holy Trinity, Swansea, St John’s, Lowestoft and St Luke’s, Finchley. In 1928 he was appointed Assistant Bishop of Jamaica before promotion to be its Diocesan three years later. He died on 21 February 1950.

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by George Frederick Cecil de Carteret	Bishop of Jamaica 1931–1949	Succeeded by Basil Montague Dale
Preceded by Arthur Henry Anstey	Primate of the West Indies 1945–1949	Succeeded by Alan John Knight

External links

• Portraits of William George Hardie at the National Portrait Gallery, London